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O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Author: John M. Neale, 1818-1866 Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 509 hymnals Scripture: Luke 1:78-79 Refrain First Line: Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Topics: The Liturgical Year Advent (Sundays and Weekdays) Used With Tune: VENI, VENI EMMANUEL Text Sources: Latin, 9th cent.; Verses 1, 3-6, para. in Psalteriolum Cantionum Catholicarum, Cologne, 1710); Verses 2, 7 Tr.: the Hymnal 1940, alt.
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Of the Father's Love Begotten
Author: Marcus Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, 348-413 Appears in 214 hymnals Scripture: Luke 1:35 Lyrics: 1 Of the Father’s love begotten
ere the worlds began to be,
he is Alpha and Omega–
he the source, the ending he,
of the things that are, that have been,
and that future years shall see
evermore and evermore.
2 O that birth forever blessed,
when a virgin, blest with grace,
by the Holy Ghost conceiving,
bore the Savior of our race;
and the babe, the world’s Redeemer,
first revealed his sacred face,
evermore and evermore.
3 This is he whom seers in old time
chanted of with one accord,
whom the voices of the prophets
promised in their faithful word;
now he shines, the long expected;
let creation praise its Lord
evermore and evermore.
4 Let the heights of heaven adore him;
angel hosts, his praises sing:
powers, dominions, bow before him
and extol our God and King;
let no tongue on earth be silent,
every voice in concert ring
evermore and evermore.
5 Christ, to you, with God the Father
and the Spirit, there shall be
hymn and chant and high thanksgiving
and the shout of jubilee:
honor, glory, and dominion
and eternal victory
evermore and evermore. Topics: Church Year Christmas; Doxologies; Jesus Christ King Used With Tune: DIVINUM MYSTERIUM Text Sources: Tr. composite
Of the Father's Love Begotten
O Come, Divine Messiah
Author: Simon-Joseph Pellegrin (1663-1745); Sister Mary of St. Philip Meter: 7.8.7.6 with refrain Appears in 31 hymnals Scripture: Luke 1:68-79 First Line: O come, divine Messiah (Venez, divin Messie) Lyrics: 1 O come, Divine Messiah,
the world in silence waits the day
when hope shall sing its triumph,
and sadness flee away.
Dear Saviour, haste! Come, come to earth.
Dispel the night and show your face,
and bid us hail the dawn of grace.
O come, Divine Messiah,
the world in silence waits the day
when hope shall sing its triumph,
and sadness flee away.
2 O Christ, whom nations sigh for,
whom priest and prophet long foretold,
come, break the captives' fetters,
redeem the long-lost fold.
Dear Saviour, haste! Come, come to earth.
Dispel the night and show your face,
and bid us hail the dawn of grace.
O come, Divine Messiah,
the world in silence waits the day
when hope shall sing its triumph,
and sadness flee away.
3 You come in peace and meekness
and lowly will your cradle be;
all clothed in human weakness
shall we your Godhead see.
Dear Saviour, haste! Come, come to earth.
Dispel the night and show your face,
and bid us hail the dawn of grace.
O come, Divine Messiah,
the world in silence waits the day
when hope shall sing its triumph,
and sadness flee away.
French:
Venez, divin Messie,
nous rendre espoir et nous sauver!
Vous êtes notre vie!
Venez, venez, venez!
1 O Fils de Dieu, ne tardez pas;
par votre corps donnez la joie
à notre monde en désarroi.
Redites-nous encore
de quel amour vous nous aimez;
tant d'hommes vous ignorent!
Venez, venez, venez!
2 A Bethlehem, les cieux chantaient
que le meilleur de vos bienfaits
c'était le don de votre paix.
Le monde la dédaigne:
partout les coeurs sont divisés!
Qu'arrive votre règne!
Venez, venez, venez!
3 Vous êtes né pour les pécheurs.
Que votre grâce, ô Dieu Sauveur,
dissipe en nous la nuit, la peur!
Seigneur, que votre enfance
nous fasse vivre en la clarté.
Soyez la délivrance!
Venez, venez, venez!
Venez, divin Messie,
nous rendre espoir et nous sauver!
Vous êtes notre vie!
Venez, venez, venez!
Topics: Advent; Yearning; Yearning Used With Tune: VENEZ, DIVIN MESSIE Text Sources: Sunday School Hymn Book, 1887, alt.
O Come, Divine Messiah
O Christ, Our True and Only Light
Author: Johann Heermann, 1585-1647; Catherine Winkworth, 1827-78 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 96 hymnals Scripture: Luke 1:78-79 Lyrics: 1 O Christ, our true and only light,
Enlighten those who sit in night;
Let those afar now hear Your voice
And in Your fold with us rejoice.
2 Fill with the radiance of Your grace
The souls now lost in error's maze;
Enlighten those whose inmost minds
Some dark delusion haunts and blinds.
3 O gently call those gone astray
That they may find the saving way!
Let ev'ry conscience sore oppressed
In you find peace and heav'nly rest.
4 Shine on the darkened and the cold;
Recall the wand'rers to Your fold.
Unite all those who walk apart;
Confirm the weak and doubting heart,
5 That they with us may evermore
Such grace with wond'ring thanks adore
And endless praise to You be giv'n
By all Your Church in earth and heav'n.
Topics: Mission and Witness Used With Tune: O JESU CHRISTE, WAHRES LICHT
O Christ, Our True and Only Light
O Worship the King
Author: Robert Grant, 1779-1838 Meter: 10.10.11.11 Appears in 1,146 hymnals Scripture: Luke 1:78 First Line: O worship the King, all-glorious above Lyrics: 1 O worship the King, all-glorious above.
O gratefully sing His pow'r and His love;
Our shield and defender, the Ancient of Days,
Pavilioned in splendor and girded with praise.
2 O tell of His might, O sing of His grace,
Whose robe is the light, whose canopy space;
His chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form,
And dark is His path on the wings of the storm.
3 This earth, with its store of wonders untold,
Almighty, Thy pow'r hath founded of old,
Established it fast by a changeless decree,
And round it hath cast, like a mantle, the sea.
4 Thy bountiful care what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air, it shines in the light,
It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain,
And sweetly distills in the dew and the rain.
5 Frail children of dust and feeble as frail,
In Thee do we trust, nor find Thee to fail.
Thy mercies how tender, how firm to the end,
Our maker, defender, redeemer, and friend!
6 O measureless Might, ineffable Love.
While angels delight to hymn Thee above,
Thy humbler creation, though feeble their lays,
With true adoration shall sing to Thy praise.
Topics: Psalm paraphrase Psalm 104 Used With Tune: HANOVER
O Worship the King
O come, let us adore him
Author: Frederick Oakeley, 1802-1880 Meter: Irregular Appears in 732 hymnals Scripture: Luke 1:34-35 First Line: O come, all ye faithful Lyrics: 1 O come, all ye faithful,
joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;
come and behold him
born the King of Angels:
Refrain:
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
Christ the Lord!
2 God of God,
Light of Light,
lo! he abhors not the Virgin's womb;
very God,
begotten, not created: [Refrain]
*3 See how the shepherds,
summoned to his cradle,
leaving their flocks, draw nigh
with lowly fear;
we too will thither
bend our joyful footsteps: [Refrain]
*4 Lo! star-led chieftains,
Magi, Christ adoring,
offer him incense, gold, and myrrh;
we to the Christ child
bring our heart's oblations: [Refrain]
5 Child, for us sinners
poor and in the manger,
fain we embrace thee, with awe and love;
who would not love thee,
loving us so dearly? [Refrain]
6 Sing, choirs of angels,
sing in exultation,
sing, all ye citizens of heaven above;
glory to God
in the highest: [Refrain]
[On Christmas Day only]
7 Yea, Lord, we greet thee,
born this happy morning,
Jesu, to thee be glory given;
Word of the Father,
now in flesh appearing: [Refrain] Topics: Christmas; Christmas Day Used With Tune: ADESTE FIDELES Text Sources: Latin, 18th century
O come, let us adore him
O Jesus, I have promised
Author: John Ernest Bode, 1816-1874 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 622 hymnals Scripture: Luke 1:68-79 Topics: Covenant, Commitment and Dedication Used With Tune: WOLVERCOTE
O Jesus, I have promised
On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry
Author: Charles Coffin, 1676-1749; John Chandler, 1808-1876 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 230 hymnals Scripture: Luke 1:76-79 Lyrics: 1 On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry
announces that the Lord is nigh;
awake and hearken, for he brings
glad tidings from the King of kings.
2 Then cleansed be every breast from sin;
make straight the way for God within;
prepare we in our hearts a home,
where such a mighty guest may come.
3 For thou art our salvation, Lord,
our refuge and our great reward;
without thy grace we waste away,
like flowers that wither and decay.
4 To heal the sick stretch out thine hand,
and bid the fallen sinner stand;
shine forth, and let thy light restore
earth's own true loveliness once more.
5 All praise, eternal Son, to thee
whose advent sets thy people free,
whom with the Father we adore,
and Holy Ghost for evermore. Topics: Advent; Advent II Year A; Advent II Year B; Advent II Year C; Advent III Year A; Advent III Year B; Baptism of Christ Year A; Baptism of Christ Year B; Baptism of Christ Year C; Proper 20 Year A Used With Tune: WINCHESTER NEW Text Sources: Altered by the compilers of Hymns Ancient and Modern
On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry
Oh, How Shall I Receive Thee
Author: Paul Gerhardt; Arthur T. Russell Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 94 hymnals Scripture: Luke 1:68-79 Lyrics: 1 Oh, how shall I receive thee,
how meet thee on thy way,
bless’d hope of ev’ry nation,
my soul’s delight and stay?
O Jesus, Jesus, give me
now by thine own pure light
to know whate’er is pleasing
and welcome in thy sight.
2 Love caused thine incarnation;
Love brought thee here to me.
Thy thirst for my salvation
procured my liberty.
Oh, love beyond all telling,
that led thee to embrace,
in love, all love excelling,
our troubled human race.
3 Thou comest, Christ, with gladness,
in mercy and goodwill,
to bring an end to sadness
and bid our fears be still.
We welcome thee, our Savior;
come gather us to thee,
that in thy light eternal
our joyous home may be. Topics: Darkness and Light; Hope; Incarnation; Liberation Used With Tune: ST. THEODULPH (VALET WILL ICH DIR GEBEN) Text Sources: “Wie soll ich dich empfangen,” Praxis Pietatis Melica, 1653; trans. Arthur T. Russell (England), Psalms and Hymns, 1851, alt.
Oh, How Shall I Receive Thee
O Splendor of God's Glory Bright
Author: Ambrose of Milan, 340-397 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 49 hymnals Scripture: Luke 1:78-79 Lyrics: 1 O Splendor of God's glory bright,
from light eternal bringing light,
O Light of light, light's living Spring,
true Day, all days illumining:
2 Come, very Sun of heaven's love,
in lasting radiance from above,
and pour the Holy Spirit's ray
on all we think or do today.
3 And now to you our pray'rs ascend,
O Father, glorious without end;
we plead with Sov'reign Grace for pow'r
to conquer in temptation's hour.
4 Confirm our will to do the right,
and keep our hearts from envy's blight;
let faith her eager fires renew,
and hate the false, and love the true.
5 O joyful be the passing day
with thoughts as pure as morning's ray,
with faith like noontide shining bright,
our souls unshadowed by the night.
6 Dawn's glory gilds the earth and skies,
let him, our perfect Morn, arise,
the Word in God the Father one,
the Father imaged in the Son. Topics: Christ As the Light; Christ As the Word; God; Holy Spirit As Illuminator; Lord's Day Morning Worship; Supplications For Sanctification; Trinity Used With Tune: WINCHESTER NEW Text Sources: Trans. compiled by Louis Benson, 1910; alt. 1990; mod.
O Splendor of God's Glory Bright
On Christmas night all Christians sing
Author: Luke Wadding (d. 1686) Appears in 49 hymnals Scripture: Luke 1:79 Lyrics: 1 On Christmas night all Christians sing,
to hear the news the angels bring,
on Christmas night all Christians sing,
to hear the news the angels bring,
news of great joy, news of great mirth,
news of our merciful King’s birth.
2 Then why should we on earth be so sad,
since our Redeemer made us glad,
then why should we on earth be so sad,
since our Redeemer made us glad,
when from our sin he set us free,
all for to gain our liberty?
3 When sin departs before his grace,
then life and health come in its places;
when sin departs before his grace,
then life and health come in its place;
heaven and earth with joy may sing,
all for to see the new-born King.
4 All out of darkness we have light,
which made the angels sing this night;
all out of darkness we have light,
which made the angels sing this night;
'Glory to God, on earth be peace,
goodwill to all shall never cease.' Topics: Social Concern Used With Tune: SUSSEX CAROL Text Sources: English traditional
On Christmas night all Christians sing
Our Souls shall magnify the Lord
Appears in 16 hymnals Scripture: Luke 1:26-55 Lyrics: 1 Our Souls shall magnify the Lord,
In God the Saviour we rejoice:
While we repeat the Virgin's Song,
May the same Spirit tune our Voice!
[2 The Highest saw her low Estate,
And mighty Things his Hand hath done;
His over-shadowing Power and Grace
Makes her the Mother of his Son.
3 Let ev'ry Nation call her bless'd,
And endless Uears prolong her Fame;
But God alone must be ador'd;
Holy and reverend is his Name.]
4 To those that fear and trust the Lord,
His Mercy stands for ever sure:
From Age to Age his Promise lives,
And the Performance is secure.
5 He spake to Abr'am and his Seed,
In thee shall all the Earth be blest;
The Mem'ry of that ancient Word
Lay long in his eternal Breast.
6 But now no more shall Isr'el wait,
No more the Gentiles lie forlorn;
Lo, the Desire of Nations comes;
Behold, the promis'd Seed is born! Topics: Abraham's Blessing of the Gentiles; Incarnation of Christ; Song of the Virgin Mary; Promised Messiah born
Our Souls shall magnify the Lord
O Morning Star, How Fair and Bright
Author: Philipp Nicolai, 1556-1608 Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7.4.4.4.4.8 Appears in 10 hymnals Scripture: Luke 1:68-79 First Line: O Morning Star, how fair and bright! Used With Tune: WIE SCHÖN LEUCHTET Text Sources: Lutheran Book of Worship, 1978 (tr.)
O Morning Star, How Fair and Bright
Oh, that I could for ever sit
Appears in 10 hymnals Scripture: Luke 1:42 Topics: The Christian Love for the Saviour; Communion of Christians With God
Oh, that I could for ever sit
Of the Father's heart begotten
Author: Aurelius Clemens Prudentius (348-c. 413); Roby Furley Davis (1866--1937) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.7 Appears in 10 hymnals Scripture: Luke 1:26-38 Lyrics: 1 Of the Father's heart begotten
ere the world from chaos rose,
he is Alpha: from that Fountain,
all that is and hath been flows;
he is Omega, of all things
yet to come the mystic Close,
evermore and evermore.
2 By his word was all created;
he commanded and 'twas done;
earth and sky and boundless ocean,
universe of three in one,
all that sees the moon's soft radiance,
all that breathes beneath the sun,
evermore and evermore.
3 He assumed this mortal body,
frail and feeble, doomed to die,
that the race from dust created
might not perish utterly,
which the dreadful Law had sentenced
in the depths of hell to lie,
evermore and evermore.
4 O how blest that wondrous birthday,
when the Maid the curse retrieved,
brought to birth mankind's salvation,
by the Holy Ghost conceived,
and the Babe, the world's Redeemer,
in her loving arms received,
evermore and evermore.
5 This is he, whom seer and sybil
sang in ages long gone by;
this is he of old revealèd
in the page of prophecy;
lo! he comes, the promised Saviour;
let the world his praises cry!
evermore and evermore.
6 Sing, ye heights of heaven, his praises;
Angels and Archangels, sing!
wheresoe'er ye be, ye faithful,
let your joyous anthems ring,
every tongue his name confessing,
countless voices answering,
evermore and evermore. Topics: Angels; Christmas; Church Year Advent; Church Year Christmas; Creation; God in judgement and justice; Mary; Praise; Prophets; The Fourth Sunday of Advent Year A; The Fourth Sunday of Advent Year C Used With Tune: DIVINUM MYSTERIUM
Of the Father's heart begotten
O bless the God of Israel
Author: Michael Arnold Perry, 1942-96 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 7 hymnals Scripture: Luke 1:68-79 Topics: Advent; Epiphany; Israel; Jesus Christ Coming today; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Liberation; Mercy of God; New Year; Pilgrimage; Prophetic Witness; Redemption; Saints Days and Holy Days St John the Baptist Used With Tune: MERLE'S TUNE
O bless the God of Israel
O Child of promise, come!
Author: James Quinn, SJ (1919-2010) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Luke 1:32-33 Topics: Advent; Christ the King (The Sunday next before Advent) Year C; Church Year Advent; God in grace and mercy; Jesus Names and images for; Light; The Third Sunday of Advent Year A Used With Tune: ST THOMAS
O Child of promise, come!
O Praise, My Soul, the Lord!
Author: James Quinn, SJ Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Luke 1:47-55 Topics: Cantilces Mary; Covenant/Law; Humility; Liturgy of the Hours Cantilce of Our Lady; Mary, Mother of God Used With Tune: TERRA PATRIS
O Praise, My Soul, the Lord!
O Word of God
Author: Ricky Manalo, CSP, b. 1965 Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Luke 1:46-47 First Line: Here I am, O Lord, my God Refrain First Line: O Word of God, come into this space Topics: Meditation; Musical Style Ostinato Prayer Songs; Petition/Prayer; Retreats; Word Used With Tune: [Here I am, O Lord, my God]
O Word of God
One day an angel here on this earth
Author: Alison M. Robertson (b. 1940) Meter: 9.9.9.9 Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Luke 1:26-38 Lyrics: 1 One day an angel here on this earth
spoke of God's presence coming to birth.
Mary was listening; humbly her heart
sang at the Word God chose to impart.
2 Mary gave birth in Bethlehem's cave,
blessed by the child God chose her to have.
Love was the reason God had become
close to his mother, far from her home.
3 Out in the fields a heavenly throng
broke through the dark with resonant song.
Shepherds, who saw God's glory by night,
sped on their way to worship the Light.
4 Jesus, your Spirit, shining with care,
speaks to the world you treasure and share.
Come with the human touch of your birth;
find in our hearts your home on this earth. Topics: Life in Christ Christ Incarnate - Christmas and Epiphany; Angels; Annunciation; Mary Used With Tune: STEP-WISE
One day an angel here on this earth
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